Sorry, I don't know what you mean. I've not experienced any malware with Steam or know of anyone who has. It's just a client for accessing a game download service run by Valve, and I've Steam for Linux runs fine on both my Ubuntu and Mint 16 systems.

If you're talking about SteamOS then that's a different thing entirely.

Steam for Windows 7 runs just fine, AFAIK. At least, it always used to. Odd that you should find the thought in a Linux magazine. You did download the Windows 7 version, right? Windows would not be happy if you installed the Linux build, like putting Diesel oil in a gasoline engine, nasty cleanup job.

If you install on Mint, just make sure it's the Steam app and not SteamOS!

Thank you all for yr.answers.
I am a reader of LFX for many years now and I run a dual boot pc with all
kinds of Linux distro" s for fun.
The Win 7 is for the family.... hahaha
Have a good weekend
regards,
Roel